title: [Malignant tumors of the external and middle ear in material from patients treated at the Otolaryngology AM Clinic in Lodz during 1978-1993].
abstract: The clinical analysis and preliminary results of treatment in a group of 19 patients with malignant neoplasms of the external and middle ear, treated in ENT Clinic, Medical University in Lódź in the years 1978-1993, was reported. They were born mostly from auricle (in 9 patients-47.4%). In 15 cases (79%) squamous carcinoma was diagnosed, in 3 cases carcinoma of ceruminal gland and in 1 case basal cell carcinoma. Sixteen patients were treated surgically or with radiotherapy. The best preliminary results were obtained in glandular tumors of the external canal, the worst (100% mortality) in cancer of middle ear.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Otolaryngologii AM, Lodzi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pajor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D017678:Sex Distribution
vernacular_title: Nowotwory złośliwe ucha zewnetrznego i środkowego w materiale chorych Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej AM w Lodzi w latach 1978-1993.